My First Quilt Thingy!

Well it’s not perfect, but… what a journey I’m on. If you’d have told me in January that I would make a quilt this year I probably would have laughed. Here it is though and I am so thrilled with it, wrinkles and puckers and all.

I used Lizzie House Ducks for the back and Forest as the focus

Erin from house on hill road contributed this picnic blanket with rock pockets tutorial to Sew, Mama, Sew!’s Summer Sewing tutorials in 2008. When I saw this post a couple month ago I knew I wanted this to be my first quilting project. I’ve always wanted a great blanket for picnics, the rock pockets are simply genius, and I knew it would be a push to my skills. Now I’m hooked! I can’t wait to try another quilt. Maybe something small for the Craft Hope project. Maybe something BIG for my 7th year wedding anniversary in September. Who knows! I’ll let you know when I’ve figured it out. What a journey. Thanks for sharing the sights.

Thanks Toni! Picking out the fabrics was both lots of fun and hard work, too. My brain kept getting stuck after the 4th fabric choice. Going from using two maybe three fabrics in clothes to choosing 8 in this quilt was a change in thinking. Thankfully my Hubs gave me some good direction and Pam at Cool Cottons fabric store was encouraging. All the Lizzie House fabrics are great! I’d love to see pics of your first quilt. In fact I think I’m going to do a call out for first quilt pics. I’ve got an idea!

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I'm Emily Flippin Maruna, mama to two beautiful little girls, PZ and Q and wife to Franz (Hubs). Check out the About page if you want to know more about me and just what this Handmade Experiment is all about.

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